Jump to content

Charles Emile Stuyvaert

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 01:45, 2 October 2019 (→top: Task 16: replaced (1×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Not to be confused with: the Belgian mathematician Modeste Stuyvaert

Charles Émile Stuyvaert (21 May 1851 – 18 November 1908) was a Belgian astronomer.[1] He was a contemporary of Albert Lancaster, Louis Niesten and Jean-Charles Houzeau.[2]

Life

He was born on 21 May 1851 in Schaerbeek, Brussels.[3]

Career

He is most famous for his trip to San Antonio, Texas in 1882 along with Jean-Charles Houzeau. Together they were able to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun for the first time in human history.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Nécrologie: Charles-Émile Stuyvaert". Ciel et Terre (in French). 29: 481–482. 1908. Bibcode:1908C&T....29..513R.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Emile_Stuyvaert&oldid=919140292"